Hinton

Hinton is a town of almost 10,000 people on the Yellowhead Highway in the region of . Hinton sells itself as a gateway town to the Rockies, and also for its beaver boardwalk and surrounding parkland.
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  • Type: Town with 9,880 residents
  • Description: town in Alberta, Canada
  • Also known as: “Hinton, Alberta”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hinton station.

Railway station
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The is a Via Rail station in Hinton, Alberta.

Hinton

Latitude
53.3991° or 53° 23′ 57″ north
Longitude
-117.5887° or 117° 35′ 19″ west
Population
9,880
Elevation
1,022 metres (3,353 feet)
IATA airport code
YJP
UN/LOCODE
CA HNT
Open location code
95549CX6+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51973226
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5975503
Wiki­data ID
Q1016692
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Hinton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هينتون”
  • Asturian: “Hinton”
  • Atikamekw: “Hinton”
  • Bulgarian: “Хинтън”
  • Cebuano: “Hinton”
  • Chinese: “欣頓”
  • Chinese: “欣顿”
  • Dutch: “Hinton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هينتون”
  • Esperanto: “Hinton”
  • Finnish: “Hinton”
  • French: “Hinton”
  • German: “Hinton”
  • Italian: “Hinton”
  • Japanese: “ヒントン”
  • Korean: “힌턴”
  • Kurdish: “Hinton”
  • Persian: “هینتون”
  • Polish: “Hinton (Kanada)”
  • Polish: “Hinton”
  • Portuguese: “Hinton”
  • Russian: “Хинтон”
  • Serbian: “Hinton”
  • Serbian: “Хинтон”
  • Slovenian: “Hinton”
  • Spanish: “Hinton”
  • Swedish: “Hinton, Kanada”
  • Swedish: “Hinton”
  • Turkish: “Hinton”
  • Ukrainian: “Гінтон”
  • Urdu: “ہنٹن، البرٹا”
  • Urdu: “ہنٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Hinton”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hill District and Valley District.

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Worth a closer look: Banff National Park and Banff.

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